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राहुकवचम् Rahukavacham

rāhukavacam

Rahukavacham (राहुकवचम्): a protective kavaca to Navagraha. 8 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

राहुकवचम्

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Verse 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ॐ अस्य श्रीराहुकवचस्तोत्रमन्त्रस्य चन्द्रमा ऋषिः\,अनुष्टुप्छन्दः\, रां बीजम्\, नमः शक्तिः\,स्वाहा कीलकम्\, राहुकृत पीडानिवारणार्थे\, धनधान्य\,आयुरारोग्य आदि समृद्धि प्राप्तयर्थे जपे विनियोगः ॥प्रणमामि सदा राहुं शूर्पाकारं किरीटिनम् ।सैंहिकेयं करालास्यं लोकानामभयप्रदम् ॥ १॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||oṃ asya śrīrāhukavacastotramantrasya candramā ṛṣiḥ\,anuṣṭupchandaḥ\, rāṃ bījam\, namaḥ śaktiḥ\,svāhā kīlakam\, rāhukṛta pīḍānivāraṇārthe\, dhanadhānya\,āyurārogya ādi samṛddhi prāptayarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||praṇamāmi sadā rāhuṃ śūrpākāraṃ kirīṭinam |saiṃhikeyaṃ karālāsyaṃ lokānāmabhayapradam || 1||

Verse 2

नीलाम्बरः शिरः पातु ललाटं लोकवन्दितः ।चक्षुषी पातु मे राहुः श्रोत्रे त्वर्धशरीरवान् ॥ २॥

nīlāmbaraḥ śiraḥ pātu lalāṭaṃ lokavanditaḥ |cakṣuṣī pātu me rāhuḥ śrotre tvardhaśarīravān || 2||

Verse 3

नासिकां मे धूम्रवर्णः शूलपाणिर्मुखं मम ।जिह्वां मे सिंहिकासूनुः कण्ठं मे कठिनाङ्घ्रिकः ॥ ३॥

nāsikāṃ me dhūmravarṇaḥ śūlapāṇirmukhaṃ mama |jihvāṃ me siṃhikāsūnuḥ kaṇṭhaṃ me kaṭhināṅghrikaḥ || 3||

Verse 4

भुजङ्गेशो भुजौ पातु नीलमाल्याम्बरः करौ ।पातु वक्षःस्थलं मन्त्री पातु कुक्षिं विधुन्तुदः ॥ ४॥

bhujaṅgeśo bhujau pātu nīlamālyāmbaraḥ karau |pātu vakṣaḥsthalaṃ mantrī pātu kukṣiṃ vidhuntudaḥ || 4||

Verse 5

कटिं मे विकटः पातु ऊरू मे सुरपूजितः ।स्वर्भानुर्जानुनी पातु जङ्घे मे पातु जाड्यहा ॥ ५॥

kaṭiṃ me vikaṭaḥ pātu ūrū me surapūjitaḥ |svarbhānurjānunī pātu jaṅghe me pātu jāḍyahā || 5||

Verse 6

गुल्फौ ग्रहपतिः पातु पादौ मे भीषणाकृतिः ।सर्वाण्यङ्गानि मे पातु नीलचन्दनभूषणः ॥ ६॥

gulphau grahapatiḥ pātu pādau me bhīṣaṇākṛtiḥ |sarvāṇyaṅgāni me pātu nīlacandanabhūṣaṇaḥ || 6||

Verse 7

राहोरिदं कवचमृद्धिदवस्तुदं योभक्त्या पठत्यनुदिनं नियतः शुचिः सन् ।प्राप्नोति कीर्तिमतुलां श्रियमृद्धिमायुरारोग्यमात्मविजयं च हि तत्प्रसादात् ॥ ७॥

rāhoridaṃ kavacamṛddhidavastudaṃ yobhaktyā paṭhatyanudinaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ san |prāpnoti kīrtimatulāṃ śriyamṛddhimāyurārogyamātmavijayaṃ ca hi tatprasādāt || 7||

Verse 8

॥ इति श्रीमहाभारते धृतराष्ट्रसञ्जयसंवादेद्रोणपर्वणि राहुकवचं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti śrīmahābhārate dhṛtarāṣṭrasañjayasaṃvādedroṇaparvaṇi rāhukavacaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति राहुकवचम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Rahukavacham

Rahukavacham is a stotra addressed to Navagraha, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: राहुकवचम् (rāhukavacam)). Source: Kavacha.

Rahukavacham (राहुकवचम्): a protective kavaca to Navagraha. 8 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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